The BBC’s general election night coverage in May was presented by David
Dimbleby for the ninth, and what was claimed to be final, time. However, the
old warhorse tells TMS that he intends to keep the nation company through
the night once more. Speaking after the Dimbleby Cancer Care carol service,
Dimbleby, 77, revealed that he is “definitely sticking around to present the
EU referendum” result, even if it is delayed until 2017. This will annoy Huw
Edwards, who was given a “cast-iron guarantee” by Mark Thompson, the former
BBC director-general, that he would anchor this